Winter storm cripples US Atlantic coast
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="winter">winter</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="gripped">gripped</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southeastern">southeastern</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="crippling">crippling</span> <span word="travel">travel</span>, <span word="grounding">grounding</span> <span word="flights">flights</span>, <span word="knocking">knocking</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="to">to</span> 363,000 <span word="customers">customers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="encasing">encasing</span> <span word="magnolia">magnolia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="palmetto">palmetto</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="ice">ice</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="blamed">blamed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 13 <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ambulance">ambulance</span> <span word="transporting">transporting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="skidded">skidded</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="icy">icy</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Carlsbad">Carlsbad</span>, <span word="Texas">Texas</span>.</p><p><span word="Winter">Winter</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="warnings">warnings</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="advisories">advisories</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="Arkansas">Arkansas</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="coast">coast</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Weather">Weather</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="storm">storm</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sock">sock</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="northeastern">northeastern</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 38 <span word="cm">cm</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="snow">snow</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="definitely">definitely</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="event">event</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="definitely">definitely</span> <span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roads">roads</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="stay">stay</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="possible">possible</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Carl">Carl</span> <span word="Barnes">Barnes</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="forecaster">forecaster</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sterling">Sterling</span>, <span word="Virginia">Virginia</span>.</p><p><span word="Snow">Snow</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="freezing">freezing</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="pummeled">pummeled</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span> <span word="commute">commute</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="drivers">drivers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hurry">hurry</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="snowfall">snowfall</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="heavier">heavier</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="thickened">thickened</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="possibly">possibly</span> <span word="historic">historic</span> <span word="accumulation">accumulation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="snow">snow</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="add">add</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 20 <span word="cm">cm</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="frozen">frozen</span> <span word="precipitation">precipitation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Charlotte">Charlotte</span>, <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 23 <span word="cm">cm</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forecast">forecast</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Spartanburg">Spartanburg</span>, <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span>, <span word="meteorologists">meteorologists</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 2.5 <span word="cm">cm</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Georgia">Georgia</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forecasters">forecasters</span>.</p><p><span word="Traffic">Traffic</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="interstate">interstate</span> <span word="highways">highways</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="halt">halt</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="snowplow">snowplow</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span> <span word="highway">highway</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="ditch">ditch</span>.</p>
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